500 plus paged books

[Yapyap]

Recent thick books I've enjoyed include The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton and Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton. Two rather different books but both certainly qualify length-wise.

[Luffy]

Thanks Yayyap. It may take me some time to get to these books, but read them I will, definitely.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Luffy

If any version of it is over 500 pages, then it counts. I'm curious about your choices.

Unbroken is a very interesting and very well written book. It's about part of WWII that little is known and should be known.

[BenG]

And will be a motion picture later this year.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...6524F66B23CF97

[bshar489]

Originally Posted by HarryT

If you want an example of a REALLY good Victorian novel, try "King Solomon's Mines" by Sir Henry Rider Haggard. One of the best adventure stories ever written, to my mind.

I heartily second this. I had something of the same prejudice about Victorian novels [mostly unfounded] but I really enjoyed this. Enough so that I read every Alan Quartermain book I could find. He's the main character, by the way. I highly recommend it

Bergette

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by bshar489

I heartily second this. I had something of the same prejudice about Victorian novels [mostly unfounded] but I really enjoyed this. Enough so that I read every Alan Quartermain book I could find. He's the main character, by the way. I highly recommend it

Bergette

Some of thr attitudes back then and portrayed in the writing was really a turn off.

[John F]

Originally Posted by BenG

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A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (637 pgs.)

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I'll second this.

Also, The Cider House Rules by John Irving.

[JSWolf]

I've got a set of three books that are very good. It is the Century Trilogy by Ken Follett.

1. Fall of Giants (960 pages)
2. Winter of the World (928 pages)
3. Edge of Eternity (1120 pages)

The third book is due out in September sometime. These are big books.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Some of thr attitudes back then and portrayed in the writing was really a turn off.

<shrug> If you avoid novels because their social attitudes differ from current societal norms, you're cutting yourself off from an awful lot of extremely good books. As L.P. Harley's novel said, "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there."

[issybird]

Originally Posted by HarryT

<shrug> If you avoid novels because their social attitudes differ from current societal norms, you're cutting yourself off from an awful lot of extremely good books. As L.P. Harley's novel said, "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there."

That's Hartley.

[Luffy]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Some of thr attitudes back then and portrayed in the writing was really a turn off.

I agree wholeheartedly with you. And I don't consider it my loss for not getting past these issues.

[Luffy]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I've got a set of three books that are very good. It is the Century Trilogy by Ken Follett.

1. Fall of Giants (960 pages)
2. Winter of the World (928 pages)
3. Edge of Eternity (1120 pages)

The third book is due out in September sometime. These are big books.

Won't you believe it, I'm yet to read a book by Ken Follet. Fall Of Giants might be a BoTM at a group in Goodreads, so there you are.

[Luffy]

Originally Posted by John F

I'll second this.

Also, The Cider House Rules by John Irving.

I'm wary of Classics from 5 decades ago, but I'll take this rec under advisement.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Luffy

Won't you believe it, I'm yet to read a book by Ken Follet. Fall Of Giants might be a BoTM at a group in Goodreads, so there you are.

If you want to read one of Follett's books, I'd suggest "The Pillars of the Earth". An excellent read.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Luffy

I agree wholeheartedly with you. And I don't consider it my loss for not getting past these issues.

As I say, you're missing out on some great books if you decide that you wouldn't read, say, "Tom Sawyer", because it's "racist" by modern standards. I think it is your loss. You are of course welcome to disagree .